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Essence and Existence in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy
Essence and Existence in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy

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[New Entry by Fedor Benevich on August 24, 2024.]
The core issue of Islamic metaphysics is whether the essences of things are distinct from their existence. The philosophical intuition underlying the distinction between essence and existence is that what something is (e.g., human, horse) is different from the fact that it exists. The debate on the distinction between essence and existence in Islamic philosophy revolves around the question whether there is such a distinction to be made at all and, if so, then whether this distinction is between two features that are…

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